As we observe Black History Month, it’s a good time for businesses and individuals to reassess just how well they are living up to the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace and to explore how they can improve. Studying history is one way to do that, even if the connection to DEI might seem at first glance tangential to what’s happening in your offices and conference rooms today. But really, when you think about it, it’s not that difficult to make the connection. The lessons we learn from history – or don’t learn because we are

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)– On a quest to learn more about his history, 35-year-old Emmanuel Kulu from Buffalo got an unexpected surprise when he learned he was a descendant of an African king. “About five years ago I started writing about Shaka Zulu who is my great ancestor,” Kulu said. From that discovery, Kulu started writing his book “I Black Pharoh “ in hopes to share a positive image of African culture with the world. A young Kulu with his family. “It creates a sense of pride in African-Americans. When the only thing you can connect African-Americans to in this country

African American Researcher  Of Afro-latina American descent. Chey is a research historian with an insatiable passion for history and cultural connections globally. Chey has always been inthralled by history around the world especially in ancient times. From an early age she was always interested in ancient Egypt. Seeing the hidden truths share through subliminal visuals she decided to educate her self further. Growing older Chey began finding the connections between civilizations through Ancient Scared math and travel. It was Spain that truly sparked a roaring fire for the quest for knowledge and to share the truths when she saw Gibraltar

From the 1970s, there has been a long debate on the racial identity of ancient Egyptians. This debate cannot be dissociated from the racial struggles that define human interaction in today’s globalized world. The need to appropriate a history of greatness has sometimes been the driving force against scientific evidence. The racial controversy about ancient Egypt cannot be better represented as it is in Hollywood. Films such as The Ten Commandments, The Mummy and Exodus: Gods of Egypt have often represented ancient Egyptians as white people. There have been many attempts to suppress or distort the story about the ingenuity

EMMANUEL KULU’S MYTHOLOGICAL NOVEL; I, black pharaoh: rise to power, is a bold new attempt to create new expressions for the black and African historical experience against a pervasive background of eurocentrism. The book and its author therefore, deserve all the interrogation one can afford. This is even more essential as we witness a resurgence of heart-wrenching black and African racial experiences in a world that sadly, has to be reminded that our common humanity shouldn’t have to be a one sided affair in a world that is clearly a rainbow of different lives. An acclaimed film maker, Emmanuel Kulu, Jnr;